SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6095, 16 June 1892, Page 2

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

The U.S.S. Co. 'a s.s. Australia (Captain Gibbs) leaves Napier at 4 this afternoon and arrives here early to-morrow morning. She proceeds on to Coast ports and Auckland at 8 a.m. The U.S.S. Co.'s s.s. Tarawera left Auckland at 12.30 p.m. to-day and is expected to arrive here about 3 to-morrow afternoon. She proceeds on to Southern ports and Melbourne at 4 p.m. The U S.S. Co. 'a s.s. Oreti (Captain Dawson) left Auckland last night and arrives ere via Coast ports to-morrow evening, proceeding en to Napier and Wellington at 7 p.m. The U.S.S. Te Anau (Capt. Cameron) is the next boat to arrive from Melbourne via South, being due here on Sunday morning. She sails for Auckland and Sydney at 8 a.m. The followiug particulars have been received respecting the wreck of the steam yacht Sunbeam. On March 27 the Sunbeam was lying off an island in Admiralty Gulf, at the north of the Kimberley district, when a leak was discovered. The vessel was run ashore and patched up. After she had been lying there 12 hours, the first mate reported that water was making fast. The captain went to the engine-'.'oom, and discovered a hole 6in long, caused by corrosion. Canvas was fixed on the hole, and every attempt was made to beach the vessel. She was stranded on a mudbank, and the crew landed safely in the boats, the captain remaining on board until the decks were almost level with the water. The Sunbeam sank halt-a-mile from shore. Futile attempts were made to get her off, but she was firmly embedded in the mudbank. The crew landed at Dicky Bay, where the rest of the pearling cruisers were lying. In consequeuce of the steamer not bein<* expected for thr.ee weeks, Captain Read determined to proceed to Roebuck Bay in a whaleboat, and there place himself in communication with the owners of the yacht. The residents of Admiralty Gulf endeavored to dissuade him from doing this, but he persisted in his attempt, which was successful. Nine men accompanied him. The natives j along the coast were very hostile, threatening the voyagers with their spears on one occasion when they attempted to land. The party arrived at Cygnet Bay, inside the entrance of King Sound, on April 17. There they procured supplies and. proceeded on their voyage, reaching Roebuck Bay, 400 miles distant, on the 20th April. The men landed in excellent health. The captain deserves much credit for his gallant but somewhat rash voyage. Viscount Cantelupe purchased the Sunbeam from Lord Brassey, his object being to engage in pearling on the South Australian coast. Captain Read brought the vessel out from England.